- •Management
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Find the English equivalents.
- •III. Fill in the blanks.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •V. Answer the questions.
- •Unit 2 Levels and Areas of Management
- •1. Levels of management
- •2. Areas of management
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Find the English equivalents.
- •III. Fill in each blank with a suitable word or word combination.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •V. Answer the questions.
- •Unit 3 Management Skills
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Translate these words and word combinations.
- •II. Find the English equivalents for the following.
- •III. Complete the following sentences according to the text.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •Unit 4 The Basis of Financial Management
- •Developing the financial plan
- •Three steps of financial planning
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Find the English equivalents.
- •III. Fill in the blanks.
- •IV. Translate into English in a written form.
- •V. Questions and assignments.
- •Unit 5 Operations Management
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Find the English equivalents.
- •III. Fill in each blank with a suitable word or word combination.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •V. Questions and assignments.
- •Human Resources Management (hrm)
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Find the English equivalents.
- •III. Fill the blanks.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •Management Information Technology (it)
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Find the English equivalents.
- •III. Fill in the blanks.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •V. Questions and assignments.
- •VI. Make up a written abstract of the above text
- •VII. Retell the text according to your abstract.
- •Business Ethics
- •Pressures influencing ethical decision making
- •Encouraging ethical behaviour
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •II. Find the English equivalents.
- •III. Fill in the blanks.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •VI. Speak on ethical behavior of an ideal manager and the rules of etiquette he/she should
V. Questions and assignments.
1. What is a plan?
2. What is a financial plan?
3. What does financial planning begin with?
4. State the difference between goals and objectives.
5. List the three steps involved in financial planning.
6. In what case financial planning cannot proceed?
7. State the meaning of the word "budget".
8. Give the examples of various types of expenses which must be considered (учтены) in budgeting process?
9. How can budgeting accuracy be improved?
10. What is the peculiarity (особенность) of the traditional approach to budgeting?
11. What is the problem with this approach?
12. What is the difference between the traditional budgeting approach and zero-base budgeting?
13. What is the problem with zero-base budgeting?
14. List the four primary sources of funding.
15. For what purpose (цель) is equity capital used?
16. Is selling assets a normal step?
17. In what case selling assets may be a reasonable last resort?
18. For what purpose may interim budgets be prepared?
Unit 5 Operations Management
Operations management consists of all the activities that managers engage in to create products (goods, services, and ideas). Operations are as relevant to service organizations as to manufacturing firms. In fact, production is the conversion of resources into goods or services.
1. A technology is the knowledge and process the firm uses to convert input resources into output goods or services. Conversion processes vary in their major input, the degree to which inputs are changed, and the number of technologies employed in the conversion.
2. Operations management often begins with the research and product development activities. The results of R&D may be entirely new products or extensions and refinements of existing products. The limited life cycle of every product spurs companies to invest continuously in R&D.
3. Operations planning is planning for production. First, design planning is needed to solve problems related to the product line, required production capacity, the technology to be used, the design of production facilities, and human resources. Next, operational planning focuses on the use of production facilities and resources. The steps in this periodic planning are (1) selecting the appropriate planning horizon, (2) estimating market demand, (3) comparing demand and capacity, and (4) adjusting output to demand.
4. The major areas of operations control are purchasing, inventory control, scheduling, and quality control. Purchasing involves selecting suppliers and planning purchases. Inventory control is the management of stocks of raw materials, work process, and finished goods to minimize the total inventory cost. Scheduling; ensures that materials are at the right place at the right time — for use within the facility or for shipment to customers. Quality control ensures that products meet their design specifications.
5. Automation, the total or near-total use of machines to do work, is rapidly changing the way work is done in factories and offices. A growing number of industries are using programmable machines called robots to perform tasks that are tedious or hazardous to human beings. The flexible manufacturing system combines robotics and computer-aided manufacturing to produce smaller batches of products more efficiently than the traditional assembly line.